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Week of August 2, 2010

Think Local Part Two August 6, 2010	ACCORDING TO AN ALBERTA GOVERNMENT STUDY DONE BETWEEN 2004 AND 2008, 'MORE' PEOPLE ARE SPENDING 'MORE' MONEY EVERY TIME THEY VISIT A FARMERS MARKET. AND NOT ONLY THAT - THE MAJORITY OF THOSE SURVEYED SAID THEY WOULD CONTINUE BUYING LOCAL. AS INA SIDHU TELLS US IN PART 2 OF OUR 'THINK LOCAL SERIES' IT'S AN OPTIMISTIC SIGN FOR GROWERS AND PRODUCERS SELLING INTO LOCAL MARKET CHANNELS.
Think Local Part One August 5, 2010	Think for a moment about the last time you went grocery shopping. Did you stop to think of where the food you purchased is coming from? Was it produced locally or trucked in from thousands of miles away? Even here in southeastern Alberta, we're surrounded by an abundance of greenhouses and farms that offer the option to purchase fresh and local ingredients. Ina Sidhu now with the first in a two-part series, finding out the value of locally grown food.
Hospital Mold August 5, 2010	Just after a 200 million dollar redevelopment plan was announced for Medicine Hat's regional hospital, the medical centre is showing its age. Health and safety inspectors have discovered a potentially dangerous type of mold growing in the dialysis unit of our hospital. Reporter Scott Cunningham takes a closer look at what the discovery means to the health of a hospital.
Photo Radar August 5, 2010	The numbers are in for the first 6 months of this year, surrounding photo radar in our city. It's seems to always become a hot button topic, which likely won't change with the new figures. Never before has the service nabbed as many led-footed motorists as it likely will in 2010. Reporter Kyle Bakx explains.
Skimmer Found August 4, 2010	With the help of local banks, Medicine Hat police have found the debit skimmer that caused several Hatters to have hundreds of dollars stolen from bank accounts. In this type of scheme, rigged machines are traded for identical card readers commonly used in businesses. The skimmer stores card information as well as the PIN NUMBER. Breanna Karstens-Smith has the story.
Irvine Home Condemned August 4, 2010	Last week we told you just under two hundred flood relief checks have trickled out to the more than 23 hundred devastated applicants in southern Alberta. This week we go inside the home of one of the so- called lucky ones. A family who have received flood relief cash , but say the province is still short changing them when it comes to regaining their lives.
Skimmer Scam August 3, 2010	Several Medicine Hat residents headed to the bank today to find out how hundreds of dollars went missing from their accounts. The scheme, called debit skimming is now being investigated by the local major crimes unit. Clients of several different banks throughout the city have lost between five hundred and a thousand dollars. Breanna Karstens-Smith is finding out what victims are being told and how you can prevent it from happening to your money.

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